WAFA:: WHO: Treatment for Gaza Children Delayed Awaiting Permit

JERUSALEM, January 28, 2014 (WAFA) – Out of more than 1500 referrals for Gazans to receive treatment in hospitals outside the Gaza Strip during the month of December, 177 patients - 70 females and 107 males - received no response from the Israeli authorities to their applications for exit permit, including 47 children whose medical treatment was delayed as a result, said a World Health Organization (WHO) report on Tuesday.
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